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See also: alalią
English
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Noun
alalia (uncountable)
- (medicine, obsolete) The loss of the ability to speak, especially due to paralysis of the vocal cords.
- 1886, Edward P. Davis, “Disorders of Speech”, in William Pepper, Louis Starr, editors, A System of Practical Medicine, Volume 5, Lea Brothers & Co., page 569:
- A striking case of amnesic alalia was that of Lordat, a French physician, who thus described his malady: "I find myself deprived of the value of all words. […] "
- (medicine) Speech delay, a delay in the development or use of the mechanisms that produce speech.
- 2013, Jason Loviglio, Michele Hilmes, editors, Radio's New Wave, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), unnumbered page:
- The other major exception, characters with Down syndrome (a condition that often includes among its symptoms alalia, or speech delay), are usually played by actors with Down syndrome […] .
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loss of the ability to speak
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